Benzyl Chloride → Methyl 4-benzyl-3-oxo-3,4-dihydropyrazine-2-carboxylate

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Reaction Steps

LiH was added to the solution of methyl 3-oxo-3,4-dihydropyrazine-2-carboxylate (0.10 g, 0.65 mmol) in DMF (3 mL) at 0° C. After stirring for 30 minutes, benzyl chloride (0.15 mL, 1.30 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture at the temperature, and the reaction was warmed to room temperature. After stirring for 3 days, the reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc, quenched with ice water, extracted with EtOAc, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated to give the desired product, which was purified by silica gel flash column chromatography (2% MeOH in CH2Cl2, 0.102 g, 64%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.35-7.40 (m, 6H), 7.29 (d, 1H), 5.14 (s, 2H), 3.99 (s, 3H).

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